Fanny Mills (August 30, 1860 – May 3, 1899), known under the stage name as the "Ohio Big Foot Girl", was a British-American woman who achieved fame as an entertainment attraction in dime museums throughout the 1880s.
It was noted, however, in the 1861 census of England that Mills was "eight and one half months" old; having been born in the registration district of Thakeham in Sussex.
[3] Although her siblings were born without defect, Mills began to display symptoms associated with Milroy's disease at an early age.
[3][4] In 1885, Mills began to exhibit herself in New York at the Bowery Museum[8] as "that girl from Ohio" with the "biggest feet on Earth".
One attraction poster announced: "Don’t permit two big feet to stand between you and wedlock tinged with fortune!
"[6] The promotion was merely a gimmick (although many potential suitors came forward), since Mills was already married; having wed William L. Brown (Mary's brother) in 1886.
The Follett House Museum in Sandusky, Ohio currently displays the lasts that were used to fashion Mills' shoes.